Entries for July 2016

July 30, 2016

Vanderbilt LifeFlight's Cookeville Base to Open August 2, 2016JEMS.comThe United Rotorcraft Division specializes in the design and manufacture of aeromedical and aerospace technology. The Tourism Division is comprised of Sundance Helicopters, Inc. and Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, which provide helicopter tours and charter ...

July 29, 2016

It Is Safety First For Rotorcraft IndustryAviation WeekWhen the rotorcraft community convened for the annual AHS Forum in West Palm Beach, Florida, in May, it was in the wake of a fatal offshore helicopter crash, involving an Airbus H225 in the North Sea. Addressing the audience of engineers and ...and more »

July 29, 2016

Idaho Army National Guard to retire Apache helicoptersIdaho StatesmanA missing-man formation of Apache helicopters honors Stien Gearhart at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in November 2014. Gearhart and Jon Hartway, pilots for the Idaho Army National Guard, died when their Apache attack helicopter went down during ...

July 28, 2016

More bad news for Airbus Helicopters Super Puma familyFlightglobalCHC Helicopter on 15 July received permission from a Texas district court to reject leases on an initial tranche of 65 helicopters as it works through its planned Chapter 11 financial restructuring. In total, the Vancouver, Canada-headquartered ...

July 14, 2016

Rotorcraft's super competitor workshop gets good responseFibre2fashion.comSwitzerland based Rotorcraft AG, a leading provider of high quality spinning components together with Soham Enterprises and KM Associates has recently organised a 'super competitor workshop' at Rajkot and Ahmedabad, India. The workshops briefed ...

July 14, 2016

Merlin Helicopters To Fly From Queen Elizabeth in March 2017DefenseNews.comCmdr. Darran Goldsmith, the Navy's Merlin helicopter force commander, said Merlins had been involved in an array of operations and exercises in recent months, including a deployment from a Type 23 frigate alongside a ScanEagle UAV. During migrant ...

July 13, 2016

Russia, China to develop rotorcraftShephard MediaRussian Helicopters and Chinese state company Avicopter will cooperate to develop an Advanced Heavy Lift (AHL) helicopter, under an intergovernmental agreement between Russia and China announced on 25 June. The new helicopter will be developed ...and more »